Beers part of dining experience at C.B. & Potts

If you're looking to find beer that's well-paired with food, C.B. & Potts Restaurant and Brewery on 1415 West Elizabeth St. in Fort Collins is a great place to start.

With both a full-service restaurant and brewery in the same place at its Fort Collins location, C.B. & Potts offers solid choices for most tastes.

"We like our beers to be part of the dining experience … the kind that you'll want to have more than one of," said Kirk Lombard, regional brewer for the Rocky Mountain region.

According to Lombardi, C.B. & Potts' top three beers are the Buttface Amber Ale, Big Horn Blonde and Big Horn Hefeweizen. They also brew 71 Pale Ale, Big Red IPA, Total Disorder Porter, Pavlov's Pilsner and Barefoot Wit, among others.

Like most brewpubs in Northern Colorado, the majority of beer sales are in-house, though some can be found in the larger liquor stores throughout Fort Collins, namely the ones that can keep their product refrigerated, said Lombardi.

Each time they create a new beer, C.B. & Potts has a release party for members of their Mug Club.

If you aren't a member of the club, though, have no fear. You can always try any one beer with a free 2 oz. sample. If you're interested in trying all of them, you can get a flight of 2 oz. samples for $3.

C.B. & Potts has five locations throughout Colorado, but only the Fort Collins restaurant has their brewery in a separate building, the Clubhouse.

When the Clubhouse is open, said Lombardi, customers can order food as well as beer in both buildings.

"We tend to make beers that are drinkable and are really designed to have more than one," said Lombardi. "We like to be the gateway to people just discovering craft-brewing."